TenneT

  • Mel Kroon
  • Ben Voorhorst
  • Willem Keus
  • Lex Hartman

Chairman of the Supervisory Board:

  • Ruud Selman

TenneT Holding B.V. (own spelling TenneT ) is a Dutch power company was established in 1998 with headquarters in Arnhem.

Tennet is fully owned by the Dutch State and operating in 2008 in the Netherlands, a current network of 3507 km length.

The subsidiary TenneT TSO GmbH in Germany operates a high-voltage network with a total length of about 10,700 kilometers.

Company History

Between 1900 and 1920 many regional administrations took the energy supply in the Netherlands into their own hands. Here some authorities, however, were also responsible for transport only, others for production. Until the 1980s, the energy supply of the Netherlands was ensured by municipal utilities. A number of mergers have created over the years a number of regional power companies, which also gradually merged.

1949, merged the regional utilities in the Samenwerkende Elektriciteits - Produktiebedrijven (SEP ), designed to combine the energy and the management of transmission networks. At the beginning, the focus was on building a nationwide safety net in order to secure the supply of electricity even in the event of a power plant can. In the field of transmission networks, the SEP was the forerunner of today Tennet.

Tennet was founded in 1998. This time his new Electricity Act certain Tennet for independent administrator of the Dutch high-voltage grid. The company should ensure the effective and reliable energy supply in the Netherlands.

In December 2003, Tennet completed the acquisition of the electricity network operator Transportnet Zuid Holland ( TZH ), who ran the 150 - kV lines in South Holland. With this acquisition Tennet made ​​the first step to operators of all Dutch transmission networks.

TenneT TSO

On 1 January 2010 Tennet bought E.ON ' German high-voltage grid, which changed its name to the October 5, 2010 as, Transpower electricity transmission. This E.ON came after a commitment to the European Commission, this sale until 1 December 2010, an investor who previously had no interest in power generation and / or supply. The EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes had requested due to the dominant position of the E.ON Group in an antitrust case that could be adjusted by the sale to the Dutch power company. Seat of the trade under the name Tennet TSO business is Bayreuth.

Corporate Structure

Management

  • Chairman of the Board and CEO Mel Kroon
  • Member of the Management Board and COO: Ben Voorhorst
  • Member of the Management Board and CMao: Lex Hartman

Investments

  • TenneT Orange B. V. (100%)
  • TenneT Blue B. V. (100%)
  • TenneT TSO Engeland B. V. (90%) TenneT TSO GmbH (since 1 January 2010)
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